Rival

//ˈɹaɪvəl//

Synonyms for "rival" (229 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Verb(1 words)
be equal
Noun(1 words)
challenger

Strong matches (69)

Verb(1 words)
equal

Related words (114)

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Verb(2 words)
matchtouch

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9 relation types

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4 entries

More specific

1 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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is a

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manner of

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related to

7 entries

similar

6 entries

Translations

214 translations across 66 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • kundërshtar noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • ἀντίπαλος adj (having the same pretensions or claims)
  • παλαιστής noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ἀγωνιστής noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ἀντίπαλος noun (competitor with the same objective)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُنَافِس noun (competitor with the same objective)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հակառակորդ noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • մրցակից noun (competitor with the same objective)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • rəqib noun (competitor with the same objective)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • канкурэ́нт noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • канкурэ́нтка noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • сапе́рнік noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • сапе́рніца noun (competitor with the same objective)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী noun (competitor with the same objective)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • конкурентен adj (having the same pretensions or claims)
  • конкуре́нт noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • конкуре́нт noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • конкуре́нтка noun (competitor with the same objective)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ယှဉ်ဖက် noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • အပြိုင် noun (competitor with the same objective)

Catalan

2 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rival noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 對手 /对手 noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • 敵手 /敌手 noun (competitor with the same objective)

Czech

4 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivalka noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • sok noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • sokyně noun (competitor with the same objective)

Danish

1 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)

Dutch

4 entries
  • concurent noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivaal noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • tegenstander noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • vijand noun (competitor with the same objective)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • ms-s-d-w-A2 noun (competitor with the same objective)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • rivalo noun (competitor with the same objective)

Estonian

2 entries
  • rivaal noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • võistleja noun (competitor with the same objective)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kilpailija noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • kilpailla verb (to oppose or compete with)

French

3 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivale noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivaliser verb (to oppose or compete with)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მეტოქე noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • რაყიფი noun (competitor with the same objective)

German

4 entries
  • Gegner noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • Gegnerin noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • Konkurrent noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • Konkurrentin noun (competitor with the same objective)

Greek

4 entries
  • αντίζηλος noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ανταγωνιστής noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ανταγωνιστής noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • εφάμιλλος noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • יָרִיב noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • מִתְחָרֶה noun (competitor with the same objective)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • pag-agawan noun (competitor with the same objective)

Hindi

4 entries
  • प्रतिद्वंद्वी noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • प्रतियोगी noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • प्रतिरोधी noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • प्रतिवादी noun (competitor with the same objective)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • rivális noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • vetélytárs noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivalizál verb (to oppose or compete with)
  • verseng verb (to oppose or compete with)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • lawan noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • musun noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • penentang noun (competitor with the same objective)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • حَریف noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • رَقیب noun (competitor with the same objective)

Italian

4 entries
  • antagonista noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • avversario noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • avversario noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • competitore noun (competitor with the same objective)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ライバル noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • 好敵手 noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • 宿敵 noun (competitor with the same objective)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қарсылас noun (competitor with the same objective)

Khmer

1 entries
  • គូប្រជែង noun (competitor with the same objective)

Korean

2 entries
  • 경쟁자 noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • 라이벌 noun (competitor with the same objective)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • атаандаш noun (competitor with the same objective)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄູ່ແຂ່ງ noun (competitor with the same objective)

Latin

3 entries
  • aemula noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • aemulus noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rīvālis noun (competitor with the same objective)

Latvian

2 entries
  • konkurents noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • sāncensis noun (competitor with the same objective)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • konkurentas noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • varžovas noun (competitor with the same objective)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ривал noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ривалка noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • соперник noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • соперничка noun (competitor with the same objective)

Malay

2 entries
  • lawan noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • saingan noun (competitor with the same objective)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • өрсөлдөгч noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun (competitor with the same objective)

Māori

4 entries
  • hoa kakari noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • tautētete noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • wheinga noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • kātata verb (To be equal to, or match)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • hevrik noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • reqîb noun (competitor with the same objective)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)

Pashto

3 entries
  • حريف noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • رقيب noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • سيال noun (competitor with the same objective)

Polish

4 entries
  • konkurent noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • konkurentka noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rywal noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rywalka noun (competitor with the same objective)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • adversário noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • competidor noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rival noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)

Romanian

2 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivală noun (competitor with the same objective)

Russian

4 entries
  • конкуре́нт noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • конкуре́нтка noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • проти́вник noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • проти́вница noun (competitor with the same objective)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • स्पर्धते verb (to oppose or compete with)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • co-fharpaiseach noun (competitor with the same objective)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • konkùrent noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • konkùrentica noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • pròtīvnica noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • pròtīvnica noun (competitor with the same objective)

Slovak

4 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rivalka noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • sok noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • sokyňa noun (competitor with the same objective)

Slovene

4 entries
  • konkurent noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • konkurentka noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • tekmec noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • tekmica noun (competitor with the same objective)

Spanish

1 entries
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)

Swedish

2 entries
  • konkurrent noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • rival noun (competitor with the same objective)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kaagaw noun (competitor with the same objective)

Tajik

2 entries
  • рақиб noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • ҳариф noun (competitor with the same objective)

Thai

1 entries
  • คู่แข่ง noun (competitor with the same objective)

Turkish

4 entries
  • benzer noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • denk noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • emsal noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)
  • eş noun (someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • garşydaş noun (competitor with the same objective)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • конкуре́нт noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • конкуре́нтка noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • проти́вник noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • проти́вниця noun (competitor with the same objective)

Urdu

2 entries
  • حَرِیف noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • رَقِیب noun (competitor with the same objective)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • رەقىب noun (competitor with the same objective)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • harif noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • raqib noun (competitor with the same objective)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • địch thủ noun (competitor with the same objective)
  • đối thủ noun (competitor with the same objective)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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We had been rival lovers at one time.

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Our team competed with a powerful rival.

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This new product of ours is a serious blow to our rival company.

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The gangsters let him in on their plan to knock off a rival gang leader.

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